1 Nā, e ono ngā rā i mua ake o te Kapenga ka haere a Īhu ki Petani, kei reira nei a Raharuhi, i whakaarahia ake nei e ia i te hunga mate. 2 Ā, takā ana e rātou he hapa māna i reira; ko Māta te kaitaka, ko Raharuhi tētahi o te hunga i noho tahi me ia. 3 Nā, ka mau a Meri ki tētahi pāuna hinu kakara he tino nara, he mea utu nui, whakawahia ana e ia ngā waewae o Īhu, me te muru anō i ōna waewae ki ōna makawe; kī noa te whare i te kakara o te hinu. 4 Nā, ka mea tētahi o āna ākonga, a Hūrā Ikariote, tēnei meāke nei tuku a ia, 5 “He aha tēnei hinu tē hokona ai ki ngā pene e toru rau, ka hoatu ai ki te hunga rawakore?” 6 I kōrerotia ai tēnei e ia, ehara i te mea he whakaaro nōna ki te hunga rawakore; erangi, nō te mea he tāhae ia, i a ia hoki te pūtea, ko ia hoki hei mau i ngā mea i whaongia ki roto.
7 Nā, ko te meatanga a Īhu, “Waiho rā ū āna; i tohungia tēnei e ia mō te rā o tōku tanumanga. 8 Kei a koutou hoki ngā rawakore i ngā wā katoa; ko ahau ia e kore e noho tonu i a koutou.”
12 I te aonga ake ka rongo te mano tini i haere nei ki te hākari, e haere ana a Īhu ki Hiruhārama. 13 Ka mau rātou ki ngā manga nīkau, haere ana ki te whakatau i a ia, me te karanga, “Ohana! Ka whakapaingia ia, e haere mai nei i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, te Kīngi o Īharaira!”
14 Ā, nō ka kite a Īhu i tētahi kūao kāihe, ka noho ia i runga; ka pērā anō me te mea i tuhituhia,
16 Otiia, kīhai āna ākonga i mātau wawe ki ēnei mea; engari, ka oti a Īhu te whakakorōria, kātahi rātou ka mahara kua tuhituhia ēnei mea mōna, kua meinga anō ēnei mea ki a ia.
17 I whakaae anō te hunga i tōna taha i tāna karangatanga i a Raharuhi i roto i te urupā, i tāna whakaarahanga hoki i a ia i te hunga mate. 18 Nā, konei hoki te mano i whakatau ai i a ia, i rongo hoki rātou, kua meinga tēnei merekara e ia. 19 Nā, ka mea ngā Parihi ki a rātou anō, “Ka kite rānei koutou kāhore ā koutou wāhi? Nā, kua riro te ao ki te whai i a ia.”
22 Haere ana a Piripi, ka kōrero ki a Anaru; ka haere a Anaru, a Piripi, ka kōrero ki a Īhu. 23 Ka kī a Īhu ki a rāua, ka mea, “Kua tae mai te hāora e whakakorōriatia ai te Tama a te tangata. 24 He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kore tētahi pata wīti e marere ki te oneone, e pirau, ka takoto ko ia anake; tēnā ki te pirau, he nui ōna hua. 25 Ki te aroha tētahi ki tōna ora, ka mate anō ia; ki te kino tētahi ki te ora i tēnei ao, ka tūturu ki a ia te ora ake ake. 26 Ki te mea tētahi ko ia hei kaimahi māku, me aru ia i ahau; ko te wāhi e noho ai ahau, ko reira anō tāku kaimahi. Ki te mahi tētahi i āku mahi, mā tōku Matua ia e whakahōnore.”
29 I te rongonga o ngā tāngata e tū ana i reira, ka mea, “He whatitiri.” Ko ētahi i mea, “Kua kōrero tētahi anahera ki a ia.”
30 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea, “Ehara tēnei reo i puta mai nei i te mea mōku, engari mō koutou. 31 Ko āianei te whakawā mō tēnei ao; ko āianei makā ai te rangatira o tēnei ao ki waho. 32 Ā, ki te whakairihia ake ahau ki runga ake i te whenua, māku ngā tāngata katoa e kukume ki ahau.” 33 (I pēnei ai ia hei whakaatu i te mate e mate ai ia.)
34 Ka whakahokia e te mano ki a ia, “Kua rongo mātou ki tā te ture, e ora tonu ana a te Karaiti. He aha tāu e mea, ‘Me whakairi te Tama a te tangata?’ Ko wai koia tēnei Tama a te tangata?”
35 Anō rā, ko Īhu ki a rātou, “He wāhi iti nei te maunga o te mārama i roto i a koutou. Haere rā i te mea e whai mārama ana koutou, kei rokohina koutou e te pōuri. Ko ia hoki e haere ana i te pōuri e kore e kite i te wāhi e haere ai ia. 36 I te mea kei a koutou te mārama, me whakapono ki te mārama, kia meinga ai koutou he tamariki nā te mārama.”
39 Koia hoki rātou tē āhei ai te whakapono, kua mea nei hoki a Ihāia,
41 I kōrerotia ēnei mea e Ihāia, i te wā i kite ai ia i tōna korōria, i puaki ai hoki tāna kupu mōna.
42 He ahakoa rā he tokomaha anō ngā rangatira i whakapono ki a ia. Otirā, kīhai i whakaae ki a ia, he whakaaro hoki ki ngā Parihi, kei peia rātou ki waho o te whare karakia; 43 rawe ake hoki ki a rātou tā te tangata korōria i tā te Atua.